The Great French Revolution ...... (begin) in 1789.

In 1812, the Grande Armee ...... (march) into Russia.

On 1 January 1993, Slovakia ...... (become) an independent state.

In 1777, General George Washington ...... (camp) at Valley Forge.

The first Pizza Hut ...... (open) in 1959 in Topeka, Kansas.

The first attempts to produce a television set ...... (occur) in the 19th century.

Charles Dickens ...... (publish) David Copperfield in 1850.

Livin La Vida Loca by Rickey Martin ...... (come) out in 1999.

Henry Fielding ...... (die) on 8 October 1754.

European leaders ...... (sign) the Treaty of Lisbon on 13 December 2007.

Dostoyevsky ...... (conceive) the idea of Crime and Punishment in the summer of 1865.

A promising young anglicist ...... (meet) a fair young lady in 2009 and ...... (fall) in love with her in ...... (2010).